When I first became involved in the World Wide Web, Netscape was my browser of choice. I’ve always hated Internet Exploder, and Netscape - for many years - was a viable alternative. In later days, Netscape got bought by America Online, and Mozilla and Firefox became “the good browser”, but it was still based on the original Netscape.
Today America Online announced that Netscape development will cease on February 1st, 2008. With an estimated market share of less than 1%, I guess they decided it was time to pull the plug.
I haven’t used Netscape in a long, long time but I will still raise a glass to it’s departure from the blogosphere. Thanks for a great ride, Netscape. You were the bomb, and no I don’t mean the bomb icon.
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